The Castle of the Winds

Twelve years after the last, and some thousand years earlier, a return to the chronicles of one of the most powerful and successful domains of modern fantasy, a world of magic, myth – and Ice.

Centuries before the beginning of The Anvil of Ice, before the building of the Great Causeway, when the enveloping Ice seems to have reached its limit, the young lands of North and South are on uneasy terms. War appears to be inevitable. But some trade between them still continues, especially for the peerless and power-filled metalworks of the Northern mastersmiths.

In one small town Kunrad, a single-minded young mastersmith, is carving out a reputation as a fine armourer. In secret he has created the greatest suit of armour ever made; armour fit for a king or a hero – or to make one.

When that armour is stolen by a powerful adversary, Kunrad has only one concern – to regain it, by whatever means he can. It soon becomes clear that darker forces may be ranged against him. But hopeless as it seems, helped and hindered by his two young apprentices, the ox-like Olvar and the glib, quick-tongued Gille, Kunrad sets out on an epic journey of discovery, filled with danger, magic, war – and love.

And at the heart of it all lies the awesome fortress of Ker an Aruel...